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Record #5449

Name :: : George Henry ELLIOTT (1928 - 1998)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 21 Jan 1928 Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 13 Jul 1998

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Devon, Plympton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : Oct 1935
Country: : Australia
Ship: : Otranto
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Fairbridge Homes

NotesA birth registration was found for George H Elliott: Mother's Maiden Surname: Elliott; Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1928; Registration district: Plympton; Registration county: Devon/Cornwall/Seilly; Volume Number: 5b; Page Number: 274.

In 1935, George Elliott, 7, arrived at Fremantle, Australia in Party No. 37 which left England on board the Otranto in August 1935 with 21 children from the Child Emigration Society, Savoy House, Strand, London, England en route to the Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Australia. He was placed in Lawley Cottage.

According to the Fairbridge Kids site ({website}fairbridgekids.org), George Elliott is one of the the most enduring and well known personalities ever at Fairbridge having spent virtually his whole life there. George arrived as a migrant child amongst Party Number 37 on 1st October 1935 and remained at Fairbridge (with a few small gaps) until his passing in 1997

Little is known of George's early days apart from the fact that he was a Lawley boy. Conversely almost everyone who was at Fairbridge from the mid-1950s to closure would remember George the man, a laconic rather laid-back figure who enjoyed a beer, a cigarette, and took good care of his farmyard charges - the pigs and poultry. He was multi-skilled farmer who even turned his hand to dishing out hair-cuts for all the boys. A favorite passion of George?s was fishing and never let an opportunity to visit Shark Bay, a place close to his heart, pass him by.

George married Lois, in the late 1950s and they lived in the dairyman?s cottage close to the farm. They later moved to Oxford when their original residence became unstable. Upon closure of the farm in 1981, George and Lois were retained as Village caretakers and moved into the old Head Master's cottage (re-shingled 'Elliott?s Nest') down near the school.

Lois Elliott still lives in Elliott's Nest, actively attends all the OFA Farm functions and is there as a welcoming beacon for Old Fairbridgians visiting the Farm.

George H. Elliott died July 13, 1997. He is remembered on the Fairbridge Memorial Wall.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-06 10:19:23 / From original database

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Last Updated : 2009-03-06 10:36:55 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
27034	ABBOTT, Franz Arnold	1918	ENG, DEV	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3131	ACKERS, Victor Roy	1904	ENG, DEV, Plymouth	Sep 1915 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
20177	AGGETT, Sidney Francis George	1883	ENG, DEV, East Stonehouse	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
9920	BAMSEY, Laura	1896	ENG, DEV, St Thomas	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
11946	BOWDEN, Reginald	1908	ENG, DEV	Mar 1920 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
10633	CARSLAKE, Jessie	1908	ENG, DEV, Axminster	Sep 1922 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
9319	CLEAVE, Lily	1896	ENG, DEV, Chudleigh	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
26827	COOKSLEY, Charles John	1923	ENG, DEV, Tiverton	May 1934 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
4253	COOMBE, Emily	1888	ENG, DEV, Plymouth	Jun 1900 : Cambroman	CAN	Barnardos
9965	COX, Beatrice Maud	1888	ENG, DEV	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
8173	DAMERELL, Thomas	1913	ENG, DEV	May 1930 : Aurania	CAN	Church of England
20969	DAVEY, Gerald	1923	ENG, DEV, Tavistock	Oct 1935 : Otranto	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
17532	DAVEY, Gilbert	1892	ENG, DEV, Cullompton	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
16213	DOWN, Daniel	1899	ENG, DEV, Widecombe	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
3230	DOWN, Herbert	1889	ENG, DEV, Tavistock, Lifton	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos	robins302002
16214	DOWN, Thomas Percy	1897	ENG, DEV, Widecombe	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8557	DUNNING, Cecilia	1881	ENG, DEV, Totnes	Sep 1894 : Labrador	CAN	National Childrens Home
5449	ELLIOTT, George Henry	1928	ENG, DEV, Plympton	Oct 1935 : Otranto	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
25964	EMMERSON, Howard John	1917	ENG, DEV, St Thomas	Nov 1929 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
10168	EUSTACE, Piscilla	1888	ENG, DEV, East Stonehouse	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
18885	FORD, Maurice	1886	ENG, DEV, Plympton	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
5784	GAGE, Alice Doreen	1900	ENG, DEV, St Thomas	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
12102	GILLARD, Wilfred	1917	ENG, DEV, Okehampton	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
10292	GITSHAM, Charles Berry	1887	ENG, DEV, Exeter	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
27267	HARRIS, Irene Joan	1923	ENG, DEV, Exeter	Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
8993	HELMER, Alfred Charles	1884	ENG, DEV, Devonport	Aug 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
4218	HOLMES, Eva	1884	ENG, DEV, Plymouth	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
15838	IRVINE, Arthur Wisdom	1898	ENG, DEV, Bideford	Oct 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
12370	JILLARD, Victor	1904	ENG, DEV, Devonport	Sep 1914 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
8763	KEMBLE, Eli John	1901	ENG, DEV, St Thomas	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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